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Roadside Inspection 88952375

Roadside inspection on Sep 8, 2026 in Tennessee • Carrier: ROYAL METAL PRODUCTS LLC (USDOT 553549) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88952375
Date:
Sep 8, 2026
State:
Tennessee
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
ARDMORE TN
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
3621920 (IN)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 8.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2026, this is a more severe than typical result.

Severity context

How mild, normal, or severe was this inspection compared to its carrier, state, and station?

vs this carrier's typical
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 1.02 violations per inspection across 49 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Tennessee
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 27,994 Level 1 inspections in Tennessee during 2026
vs typical at ARDMORE TN
1
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 5,492 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 499,374 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
75%
12 inspections in the trailing 12 months
Computed from this carrier's inspection history

Carrier trend at this moment

How active was this carrier's inspection record around this date?

Prior 30 days
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
4
1 violations · 0 OOS · 0.25 per inspection
Prior 365 days
12
3 violations · 0 OOS · 0.25 per inspection
Honest opinion

An out-of-service order is one of the most consequential outcomes a roadside inspection can produce — the most heavily-weighted OOS citation here was 393.75A3-TAOL (Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure., severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOL)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR6SSWB0967 IN 3621920 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2025 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5V8VC532XCM202071 GA TR71V91 VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) 2012 —

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOL Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure. 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS

Violation categories (BASICs)

Federal behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement buckets for the cited violations.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
89315068 Oct 19, 2026 FL L3 HIGH SPRINGS FL 1 OOS
89290519 Oct 16, 2026 TN L3 CLEVELAND TN 0 —
88590380 Aug 2, 2026 AL L3 — 0 —
88508913 Jul 24, 2026 VA L2 — 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
84423382 Apr 10, 2025 GA L3 3AKJHHDR6SSWB0967 —
79757851 Sep 13, 2023 GA L2 3AKJHHDR6SSWB0967 OOS

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Related records

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